Paris Institute for Advanced Study Research Fellowships for International Researchers 2019/2020.

The
Paris Institute for Advanced Study is launching two calls for
applications for research fellowships in 2019-2020 open to researchers
of all nationalities.

Application Deadline: 3rd April 2018

Eligible Countries: International

To Be Taken At (Country): France

About the Award:

one
call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the “Blue Sky Research” program,
open to all disciplines and themes in the humanities and social
sciences.

one call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the “Brain,
Culture and Society” program. This call is for researchers willing to
conduct a project at the interface between neuroscience, cognitive
science and the humanities and social sciences.

Blue Sky Research:
The Paris Institute for Advanced Study welcomes applications from high
level international scholars and scientists in the fields of the
humanities and the social sciences for a research stay of five or ten
months, during the academic year 2019-2020.

The Paris IAS will
host around twenty guest researchers, allowing them to work freely on
the project of their choice. The researchers will benefit from the
scientific environment of the Institute and have the opportunity to
create contacts with researchers in the academic institutions of Greater
Paris.

Brain, Culture and Society: The Paris
Institute for Advanced Study welcomes applications from high level
international scholars and scientists in the fields of the humanities,
social sciences, cognitive sciences, and neurosciences for a research
stay of five or ten months during the academic year 2019-2020 within the
framework of its “Brain, Culture and Society program”.

The
selected fellows will be given the opportunity to work freely on the
project of their choice, at the interface between the sciences of the
brain, the humanities, and the social sciences. They will benefit from
the scientific environment of the Institute and have the opportunity to
create contacts with researchers in the academic institutions of Greater
Paris.

Type: Research

Eligibility: Researchers from all countries are eligible.This call for applications is open to:

Junior
scholars with or without a permanent position in a university or
research institution, who have received their PhD no later than April
1st 2016. The applicants who have held their PhD for more than 9 years
will be considered as senior researchers.

Senior researchers
holding a position in a university or research institution, or emeritus
professors, having a minimum of 10 years of research experience after
their PhD (received before April 1st 2008).

The institute is
bilingual. Knowledge of English is required. The applicants are also
expected to understand written and spoken French, as scientific and
social activities are held in French and English.

Applicants who
have spent more than a total of 12 months in France during the 3 years
prior to the application (that is, between February 15th, 2015 and
February 15th, 2018) are not eligible.

Selection CrIterIa: The main criteria of selection are:

the scientific quality of the project and its innovative character;

the career path of the applicant;

the
quality of the scientific contacts of the applicant in France, and the
applicant’s capacity to collaborate with French scholars and research
teams (organization of scientific events, participation in seminars,
preparation of a joint research project for an application for
international funding, etc.).

Duration of Program: Applicants may request a fellowship for one of the following periods:

September 1st, 2019 to January 31st, 2020 (5 months)

September 1st, 2019 to June 30th, 2020 (10 months)

February 1st to June 30th, 2020 (5 months)

How to Apply: The application, in English or French, must be submitted via an online application system (see the guide “How to apply“). Mail or e-mail applications are not accepted.The application consists of an online form with the following attached documents:

a
curriculum vitae (10 pages maximum) including a list of publications
and a list of the 5 publications considered as the most important by the
applicant;

a detailed research proposal (25 000 characters
maximum, spaces included, bibliography not included). The proposal
should include :

theme

state of the art in the field, innovative character of the proposal

methodology or theoretical framework

expected outcomes

work planning, timescales

existing or planned scientific cooperation and contacts in France

bibliography (books and articles cited)

a
letter of cooperation signed by a member of a university or research
institution based in France. Preference will be given to projects
conducted in cooperation with the partners of the IAS (see list below).
The planned collaborations may include the organization of conferences
and series of lectures or the preparation of a research project to be
submitted to an international funding agency (like the ERC or the EU
H2020 program);

in the case of Junior Fellows, two letters of recommendation from French or international researchers.